Person

Cainan

also known as Kenan Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)

Gender:: Male
Born:: 3679 BC
Died:: 2769 BC
Verse mentions:: 7
Title:: Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)

The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2).

Timeline

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Family tree

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Parents 1

Enos· father

Children 1

Mahalaleel

Member of 1

Genealogy of Jesus

Events 4

Birth of Cainan Birth of Mahlaleel Death of Cainan Lifetime of Cainan

Appears in 7

Reference	Verse
Genesis 5:9	And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
Genesis 5:10	And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:12	And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Genesis 5:13	And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:14	And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
1 Chronicles 1:2	Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
Luke 3:37	Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

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